1917 Idaho football team
American college football season
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The 1917 Idaho football team represented the University of Idaho as a member of the Northwest Conference during the 1917 college football season. Led by Wilfred C. BleamasterI in his second and final season as head coach, Idaho compiled an overall record of 2â3 with a mark of 1â3 in conference play, placing fifth in the Northwest Conference.[1] The team had two home games on campus, at MacLean Field in Moscow.
- Wilfred C. Bleamaster (2nd season)
| 1917 Idaho football | |
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| Conference | Northwest Conference |
| Record | 2â3 (1â3 Northwest) |
| Head coach |
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| Captain | Tom Jackson |
| Home stadium | MacLean Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State $ | 5 | â | 0 | â | 0 | 6 | â | 0 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon Agricultural | 2 | â | 1 | â | 1 | 4 | â | 2 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 1 | â | 1 | â | 1 | 1 | â | 2 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 1 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 3 | â | 3 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho | 1 | â | 3 | â | 0 | 2 | â | 3 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Whitman | 0 | â | 3 | â | 0 | 1 | â | 4 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Idaho dropped a fourth consecutive shutout to Washington State in the Battle of the Palouse, falling 0â19 at home.[2][3][4][5] Six years later, the Vandals won the first of three consecutive, their only three-peat in the rivalry series.
Idaho opened with three losses, then won twice for a 2â3 record; they did not play Gonzaga this season.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Source |
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| October 20 | 2:30 p.m. | vs. Oregon Agricultural |
| L 6â26 | [6][7][8][9] |
| October 27 | at Oregon | L 0â14 | [10][11] | ||
| November 3 | Washington State | L 0â19 | [2][3][4][5] | ||
| November 10 | Whitman |
| W 16â0 | [12][13][14][15] | |
| November 29 | at Montana* | W 14â3 | [16][17][18][19][20] | ||
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1918
The following year in 1918, Idaho's football team was non-varsity, composed of Student Army Training Corps (SATC) players.[21] After the Armistice ending World War I, they played a limited schedule and defeated Washington State's SATC team 7â6 in Moscow in December.[21][22][23]
Idaho's first two games were against Gonzaga; the opener in Moscow on November 16 was a 13â7 Idaho win,[24] and they tied the next week in Spokane at seven points each.[25] Idaho played another in Spokane on November 30, a 0â68 loss to a team of U.S. Marines from Mare Island Naval Shipyard in California.[26][27]
